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Webster 1913 Edition


Argosy

Ar′go-sy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Argosies
.
[Earlier
ragusy
, fr.
ragusa
meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.]
A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size.
Where your
argosies
with portly sail . . .
Do overpeer the petty traffickers.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Argosy

'ARGOSY

,
Noun.
A large merchantman; a carrac.